Oven.



H. W. O'DOWD.

OVEN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. 1912.

'Patented May 29, 1917.

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HENRY W. ODOWD, OF JERSEYCITY, NEW JERSEY.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1917.

Application filed September 28, 1912. Serial No. 722,854.

To aZZ 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY W. ODowD, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Jersey City, Hudson county, State of N ew Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ovens, of which thefollowing is a specication.

This invention relates to heating apparatus and more particularly toovens for stoves and the like.

Objects of the invention are to provide an oven of such constructionthat the material being cooked can be easily and conveniently withdrawnduring the cooking process, and at the same time such construction shallbe simple, economical, and of few parts which shall be convenientlyarranged. These andother objects of the invention will in part beobvious and in part more fully described and explained in the followingdescription.

The invention consists in the novel parts, improvements, combinations,and features of construction herein shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, which are referred to herein .and form apart hereof, is illustrated an embodiment of the invention, the sameserving in connection with the description herein to explain theprinciples of the invention.

Of the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an oven constructed in accordance withthe invention.; and

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same.

.Referring now in detail to the drawings, thc invention is illustratedas embodied in an oren 1 suitable for use with a heating apparatus, as astove. Means are provided for supporting vessels containing the objectsto be treated, as the food to be cooked, as shown, said means consistingof a plurality of hollow or recessed ledges 3 suitably spaccd apart onthe side walls L of the oven and projecting a desired distance into theoven chamber. Preferably and as shown, also, said ledges 3 are providedin oppositely disposed registering pairs so that a tray or othercontainer may be disposed upon each pair.

It is often desirable to withdraw the material being treated, as foodbeing cooked, from the oven for inspection during the heating or cookingprocess. For this purpose, therefore, means are provided for supportingthe container while so withdrawn. In the embodiment of the inventionillustrated the casing of the oven 1 is formed with recesses in each ofthe sides i of the oven andv preferably substantially coextensivetherewith and communicating with the recesses of the ledges 3. In therecess on each side is arranged aframe 6 corresponding in size to theside of the oven and having shelves 7 arranged in the recesses of theledges 3. It is obvious that each frame 6 may be drawn outwardly andwhile in this withdrawn position the shelves 7 will act as supports forthe container for the food being cooked, while the latter is withdrawnfor inspection. To facilitate the withdrawal of the frames, the same maybe mounted on rollers 9. .It will also be noted that when the frames arein inoperative position, the door 11 can be properly closed.

It will be seen that an oven constructed in accordance with theinvention will carry out the objects of the invention, while possessingother advantages which will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

rIhe invention in -its broader aspects is not limited to the preciseconstruction shown and described, as many changes may be made in thedetails thereof without departing from the main principles of theinvention or sacrificing its chief advantages.

I claim:

l. In an oven the combination of a pair of sides, each side having arecess formed therein and substantially coextensive therewith, aplurality of recessed ledges projecting from said side and registeringwith similar recessed ledges projecting from the opposite side, saidfirst-mentioned recess communicating with the recesses of the ledges,and a frame having shelves arranged to reciprocate in said recesses,substantially as described.

2. In an oven the combination of a pair of sides, each side having arecess formed therein and substantially coextensive therewith, aplurality of recessed ledges projecting from said side and registeringwith similar recessed ledges projecting from the opposite side, saidfirst-mentioned recess communicating with the recesses of the ledges, aframe having shelves arranged to reciprocate in said recesses, andVrollers arranged on said frame, substantially as described.

8. In an oven the combination of a pail' offsides, each side having arecess formed therein, a plurality ofrecessed .ledges provof sides, eachside having a recess formed therein, a plurality of recessed ledgesprojecting from said side and registering with ysimilar recessed ledgesprojecting from the opposite side, said first-mentioned recesscommunicating with the recesses of the ledges, a frame having shelvesarranged `to reciprocate in said recesses, and rollers arranged on saidframe, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this specification', inthe presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

r HENRY W. ODOWD. Vitnesses YWM. J. DoLAN, LUTHER C. MORRISON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained foi' five cents eachyby addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

